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• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  . Here it is: MIT Class of 2013. (...and international students can join the international students group!) Await Financial Aid Info: I know many ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.   ... ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  runs a little deeper than in many of the other kids that I have interviewed for MIT, and I wish them the best of luck and hope that they stay in ... existed when he arrived here four years ago. "In ninth grade, I only heard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  mechanical engineering class. So while I can't really provide a success ... about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It ... writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  of the fireworks. I apologize in advance for our witty banter. I’m much ...   Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  student in the immediate area, I was pretty excited to meet other 2017's in ... ". Afterwards was social hour, where I met some really cool alumni. Especially interesting were the alumni who majored in 6-2 Computer Science and Electrical

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  . Stuff about how rules are worth making so you can bend/break them (both in ... all the stuff we have in the world, and a space where we can all coexist ... ’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  enough, sitting in the lobby . . . Students of MIT and CPW prefrosh, I ... students. While traveling down the hall in building 16 you will see something that looks like this. Upon closer inspection Finally, we can rest

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  the Subject Tests be taken in June, but I think it's a pretty good idea ... Level 2), and one in science (Physics, Chemistry, or Biology E/M). You can ... testing date approaching, I highly recommend signing up for SAT Subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  modeling for Infinite in the past. I thought it would be pretty casual, so I ... concern, in fact. I had limited communication with my designer, the founder ... friends cheering me on in the audience. Also, when I wasn't modeling, I took

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  .) What should I do now? Should I send in extra materials? The only thing ... . Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays ... additional tests in December or January, you can include MIT as a score

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  surprising, but I’m willing to bet that in that year off, you’ll learn more ... year of college.) In my case, I took two years off and arrived on campus ... student mindset so I could put in the kind of effort it takes to succeed in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... in a while, you can pull out something (an "event") which could have ... period. Naturally, my friends and I decided to go. We walked in early and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  in my closet until I got annoyed at the exposed screws; I’m not sure if ... right wall. This door leads to 335s, the room I lived in during my first ... soon as it is empty. You can barely see it in this photo, but this room

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as ... distribution. "This is the product that I wish I had growing up. And it’s the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  /250/600. * I get lots of questions along the lines of, "In my country ... very, very competitive. I can tell you from experience that making the decisions on international students is very, very difficult. I can also tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... feel it with physics, too. There must be some reason I made room in my ... study!) So I guess the wine in the wine glass represents our brains

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011